Landside for plows



.(No Model.)

G. O. GHRI'STENSON. LANDSIDE FOR FLOWS.

NO. 566,659. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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LANDSIDE FOR PLOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,659, dated August25, 1896.

Application filed April 23, 1896. $eria1llo. 588,754. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnonon O. CHRISTEN- SON, of Newberg, in the countyof Yamhill and State of Oregon, have invented a new and ImprovedLandside for Plows of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved landsidearranged to give the plowman full control of the plow, especially toprevent the plow from cutting too deep into the ground when plowing onhilly or uneven ground, and to permit of readily passing the plow-pointback into the ground in case the plow jumps out when plowing,forinstance,in ground having roots,rocks,&c.

The invention consists principally of a landside having its heel beveledupward and rearward to form a fulcrum for swinging the plow in avertical plane when bearing on the handles.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is arear end elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section ofthe same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

The improved landside is provided with a body A, having a rib orenlargement B at its base forming a portion widened at one side of thebody, the said widening of the base being gradual from the front to therear, so that the front end terminates in the side of the body and therear end extends a suitable distance away therefrom to form a shoulder,as will be seen.

The rear end of the base terminates at the beginning of the heel C,which extends or bevels upward and rearward, as is plainly indicated inFig. 1, so that the heel and base at their junction form a fulcrum-pointfor swinging the plow in a vertical plane when the plowman bears on thehandles. It will be seen that by this arrangement a good bearing isobtained for the plow, so as to cause the same to run evenly andsteadily, and at the same time the plow can be swung in a vertical planewhen bearing down on the handles, so as to swing the plow-point upwardin case the plow is running too deep. The degree of the bevel of theheel O is such that when the plowman bears down on the handles andbrings the under side of the heel in contact with the bottom of thefurrow then the point of the landside still remains in the ground, onlyat a lesser depth.

The purpose of the rib or enlargement B is to loosen or displace theearth in addition to that displacement afforded by the mere thickness ofthe body A, so as to produce a larger fissure in the earth and thuspermit the landside to wabble under the influence of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A landside having a body portion provided with aplane side and a bottom edge, the greater portion of which is straightand the rear portion of which extends upward so as to form a point orbend on which the land side may be rocked, the landside having at thestraight portion of its bottom edge a rib or enlargement taperinggradually from the front of the landside to the point or bend at thelower edge thereof, the rib being largest at its rear end and forming ashoulder at such point, substantially as described.

GEORGE C. OHRISTENSON. lVitnesses B. G. MILEs, CLARENCE BUTT.

